Insulating tube winder

Insulating tube winders set up and operate a machine to wind up insulating tubes and cut them to specified dimensions.

The following job titles also refer to insulating tube winder:

hand winder, insulating tubes
winding technician
winder, insulating tubes
tube winder
tube winding machine operative
convolute tube winder
tube winding machine tender
tube winding machine setter
tube winding machine operator

A high school diploma is generally the minimum required to work as an insulating tube winder.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Insulating tube winder is a Skill level 2 occupation.

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These occupations require some skills and knowledge of insulating tube winder. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of insulating tube winder with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

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This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of insulating tube winder.

• Quality standards: The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

These skills are necessary for the role of insulating tube winder.

• Operate insulating tube winding machinery: Operate machines and equipment used for winding and cutting insulating tubes.
• Remove processed workpiece: Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
• Perform test run: Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
• Ensure public safety and security: Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.
• Check quality of products on the production line: Check products for quality on the production line and remove defective items before and after packaging.
• Monitor automated machines: Continuously check up on the automated machine’s set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
• Supply machine: Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
• Check quality of raw materials: Check the quality of basic materials used for the production of semi-finished and finished goods by assessing some of its characteristics and, if needed, select samples to be analysed.
• Ensure conformity to specifications: Ensure that the assembled products are conform to the specifications given.
• Maintain insulating tube winding machinery: Maintain tube winding machinery and equipment, to ensure that it is clean and in safe, working order. Perform routine maintenance on equipment and adjust when necessary, using hand and power tools.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of insulating tube winder. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Fibreglass laminating: Process of applying multiple layers of fiberglass, a strong lightweight plastic reinforced with glass fibre woven into mats, using various techniques such as applying pressure or adhesives, welding or heating in order to provide strength and stability to the composite material. The fibreglass can also be sprayed in liquid form onto products.
• Plastic resins: The process of heating hydrocarbons, forming and combining polymers to create plastic resins which are used to make different kinds of products.
• Manufacturing of daily use goods: The manufacturing of items used in the daily life, personal use or daily practice. These products include protective safety equipment, drawing equipment, stamps, umbrellas, cigarette lighters, baskets, candles, and many other miscellaneous articles.
• Manufacturing of sports equipment: The manufacture of products and equipment used for both outdoor and indoor sports activities, such as balls, rackets, ski’s, surfboards, fishing, hunting, skating or fitness centre equipment.
• Alumina ceramic: Aluminium oxide, also called alumina, is a ceramic material made of oxygen and aluminium which has many properties suitable for insulation purposes such as hardness, low electrical conductivity and insolubility in water.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of insulating tube winder. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Repair insulating tube winding machinery: Repair broken components or systems of tube winding machinery and equipment, using hand and power tools.
• Feed raw material into plant machinery: Insert raw materials, chemicals and processing agents into plant machinery.
• Inspect quality of products: Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.
• Supply machine with appropriate tools: Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose. Monitor the stock and replenish when needed.
• Record production data for quality control: Keep records of the machine’s faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
• Troubleshoot: Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
• Carry out measurements of parts: Operate measurement instruments to measure parts of manufactured objects. Take into consideration specifications of manufacturers to perform the measuring.
• Weigh materials: Weigh materials and products, record weight and other relevant data on tags or labels.
• Pack goods: Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.
• Operate hot glue gun: Operate the electric machine used to apply hot melt adhesive to join two pieces of material.
• Set up the controller of a machine: Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
• Remove excess glue: Remove surplus of glue with a scraper.
• Inject liquid foam: Force foam into a limited space such as the space between the inner and outer cups of vacuum bottles or pour liquid foam into a mould in order to obtain the desired shape.

8142 – Plastic products machine operators

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References

1. Insulating tube winder – ESCO